Jaws Film Analysis

Improved Essays
The movie Jaws is a classic film which follows the “typical” film structure. Looking at the precise layout of Jaws, it fits with Blake Snyder Beat’s. The reason the Blake Snyder model is effective, is due to how many beats it contains. Fifteen beats doesn’t make it difficult to comprehend, along with extreme pinpoint accuracy. Combining the simplicity of the film structure along with the model, it’s a perfect combination for learning. The film starts off with the Opening Image, giving the viewer a preview of the movie. The foreshadowing in the movie Jaws occurred when a woman went for a swim, however, a shark eats her for a snack. This shark, Jaws, is the problem, leading to the rest of the movies action. Set up gives the audience background …show more content…
Martin fully understands what he is dealing with, he takes it personally when he realized that his son is in shock because of the events in the lake. Martin knows he has to kill this shark, otherwise Martin will be killed. The Debate happens when Martin is talking to the captain, Martin has doubts if he should risk his life and leave his family behind. Debate is when the character has doubts about a journey they are about to take. Break in to Two transpired when Martin decides to go on the boat to find and kill the shark. This is where the journey begins, the journey is to kill Jaws. The men are on the boat and are comparing stories on how they got scars, which is referred as B Story. Usually this is the love story in other films, however, in this film the crew are essentially comparing the situation they are in to past ones. They start to encounter Jaws, this is The Promise of the Premise, and the excitement starts. Jaws knows he is being hunted, so he decides he wants to hunt them instead. When the action starts. Having put the barrels on the shark, unfortunately Jaws is too strong and is able to withstand the barrels. The Midpoint is where everything is going good, or bad, nothing in-between. At this moment in the movie everything is not going their way,

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Erik Fisher Film Analysis

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages

    TANGERINE DIORAMA THE ERIK FISHER FOOTBALL Maryem Bouatlaoui 6A For my diorama project, I used the scene where Erik Fisher, the antagonist, flips over, thinking that he was going to make a field goal. It turns out, Antoine Thomas, the protagonist, took the ball and made a two-point conversion instead. I believe that this was the scene that foreshadowed the Erik Fisher Football Dream's upcoming failure.…

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Blackfish Film Analysis

    • 777 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Since Tilikum the killer whale killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010 at Sea World Orlando, there has been a great outcry over the topic of whether whales should be in captivity. So much so, a film in 2013 grossed $2,063,312 [1] by negatively depicting Orca whales in captivity. However, since 2010 there has been 197 [2] human deaths by ‘domesticated’ canines, but yet there is no emotional uproar or million dollar documentaries shaming domestication of man’s best friend. Why do we have particular trouble with the training, confinement, and breeding of one species of animals but turn a blind eye to another animal? The $2,063,312 film “Black Fish” seems to accentuate the mistreatment of Orcas in confinement at Sea World.…

    • 777 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Film Analysis: Casablanca

    • 648 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The film starts with two police stating that two german officers were murdered on a train heading to Casablanca. The murderer asks Rick Blaine to hold the papers he had stolen from the officers. Rick Blaine runs a nightclub and in the beginning of World War I. The nightclub has become a safe place for refugees looking to escape to America.…

    • 648 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The details in the novel not introduced in the film affect the viewer's understanding of the harsh obstacles the men have to overcome while on the life rafts. The movie, thought lacking a great amount of detail, acknowledges some of the affects the ocean has against the men. Representatively, the movie includes a scene where a major storm occurs. The storm has the men fearing for their lives as they are heaved into the air, just to be embraced by the churning water below.…

    • 770 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Castle Film Analysis

    • 889 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Castle (1997), directed by Rob Sitch and Strictly Ballroom (1992), directed by Baz Luhrman both succeed in displaying the idea of Australian dreamers. They both to show that Australia is a land where working hard can make dreams come true. Scott, from Strictly Ballroom, dreams to win the Pan Pacific’s, and more importantly, to dance his own steps. Darryl, The Castle, just wants to keep living his simple life in his house with his family. While both ideals and characters vastly contrast, they are both dreamers.…

    • 889 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The idea of race has been a determining factor for hundreds of years. The idea that one race is better, has sparked numerous issues and debates. This howcever, isn 't limited to the color of the skin but also the status of our health, and sexual preference. Movies are no different in portraying the elements of racial, sexual and physical discrimination. “Fruitvale Station” shows the effects of racial discrimination between an African American male and the police department.…

    • 1128 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Unit 6 - Audience Response - Assignment 2 Task 1 A Media Product that has had a strong impact on its audience is the film ‘Jaws’. This film uses the hypodermic needle technique as it emphasises a negative opinion on sharks and how they are dangerous man-killers which is what gave them such fearsome reputations. The film spawned an international panic about sharks and this created a mass audience effect as the attraction to go to destinations with beaches declined as people were afraid to go into the sea. Another effect the film had was an increase in shark fishing tournaments with dozens of tournaments taking place on the East Coast of the US.…

    • 1516 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    On The Beach Film Analysis

    • 1054 Words
    • 5 Pages

    The Cold War was one of the most nerve wracking time periods for the world because no one knew if the rival countries, the United States and the Soviet Union, would unleash nuclear weapons on the other and risk the existence of humans. The popular film On The Beach stunned the American society when it was released because it showed the nation what could happen if the relationship between the U.S. and the USSR did not ease up. It is a life-changing film that accurately portrayed the fears of many into a motion picture. The plot of the film, On The Beach, reflects the Cold War era (1950s) because people were deathly afraid of a possible nuclear war and this film confirmed people 's’ fears of what could happen if one did occur.…

    • 1054 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Films are products of their time and evolve as American culture evolves. As such, directorial use of existing technology, and the cultural desire for improved movie-making have led to the development of the motion picture industry. “To most people, a movie is popular entertainment, a product to be produced and marketed by a large commercial studio. Regardless of the subject matter, this movie is pretty to look at – every image is well polished by an army of skilled artists and technicians” (Barsam & Monahan, 2016, p.3).…

    • 1453 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    After watching Trouble the Water my I am just stunned on what happened because this is the first time I’m able to comprehend what was happening since I was only nine years old when Katrina hit. Growing up I’ve seen the after effects of Katrina and never really considered how that effected other people I just thought that the situation was awful. Now thanks to Kim I’ve seen what it did to the people of New Orleans.…

    • 784 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    A sex offender is a person who is convicted of a sexual offense. When people hear the word sex offender they often think of terms like, monster, scumbag, pervert, death penalty and man. However, you will not once hear the word women. Female sex offenders are a taboo topic in American society. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a real and common offense.…

    • 1788 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The film, “Jaws”, was released in 1976, by Stephen Spielberg and is widely considered the first Hollywood Blockbuster. “Jaws” is one of my if not my favorite movie, I have seen this film, as many as a half dozen times and each time I view it, I find that I enjoy it more and more. “Jaws” has a unique way of captivating any audience who views the film, its director Stephen Spielberg, is a master at grabbing the audience’s attention by making us feel as if we are the ones in the water at the Amity beaches, however he does not make the fact that he is doing this obvious, which is something that I feel sets him apart from his other contemporaries who were making film at the same time. The focus of this paper will be, Jungian Psychoanalytic Theory,…

    • 857 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    ‘Dr. Strangelove’ is basically an anti-war film, showing the irrationality of nuclear war. The film frequently reveals extreme examples of international politics, gender politics, and the role of communication (or lack of) contained in each. Because this is a war film, the politics of nationalism and apparent hatred of the enemy are thoroughly addressed. The American ideal of being the triumphant underdog is historically rooted and represented by the crew of the B-52.…

    • 901 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Watch the clip below several times. Analyze the scene about 2 plus pages typed double spaced. Use the google doc below please. 1. Explain the cinematic elements (camera angles, camera movement, framing, character placement, lighting, composition, depth of view, density, staging positions, character proxemics).…

    • 628 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jaws Sound Analysis

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Jaws has been memorable since its release in 1975, but most of its success is due to the magic of editing, which helped hide mechanical defects of production while heightening suspense, and its iconic music, both of which cemented Jaws’ position as a blockbuster. Though the concept of the titular creature becomes obvious shortly after the film beings, the crazily large man eating shark remains mostly unseen throughout the film. Unfortunately, the technology was not available to construct a large realistic shark, so rather than come off looking absurdly unrealistic, the choice was made to leave the image of the shark up to the editors, who were left with horrible raw footage of a floating barge, and transformed it into something the viewers were genuinely afraid of.…

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays